Ingredients : apple
- Apples – 2
- All-purpose flour – 1 cup
- Corn flour – 2 tsp
- Active dry yeast – 1/2 tsp
- Clarified butter/ghee – 1 tbsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Salt – a pinch
- Water (as needed)
- Oil/ghee (to deep fry)
- Pistachios (chopped) – 1 tbsp (For sugar syrup)
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Water – 1 cup
- Saffron – Few strands
- Lemon juice – 1/2 tsp
Method :
- In 1/2 cup lukewarm water, dissolve yeast with 1/4 tsp sugar. Keep aside for 5 to 10 minutes. It will become frothy.
- In a mixing bowl, add maida, cornflour, sugar and salt. Mix and add the yeast solution to it. Add ghee and more water to make a thick batter. Cover and keep aside for an hour. After an hour, mix well to get a smooth batter.
- Boil water and add sugar, saffron to it. Boil for 8 minutes approximately.
- Once one string consistency is reached, add 1/2 tsp lemon juice.
- Slice the apples into thin slices. Remove the seeds part and discard it.
- Heat oil in a kadhai. Once hot, put the flame to medium. Dip the sliced apples in the batter to coat it evenly everywhere. Carefully drop in the oil. Pour the hot oil over while it gets cooked. Flip and cook the other side too until crispy and golden.
- Soak it in warm sugar syrup. Let it soak until you add the next one. Flip the jalebi in the syrup between.
- Drain over a wire rack to let the excess syrup drain. Garnish with pistachios. apple apple
